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Corsaro D, Köhsler M, Wylezich C, Venditti D, Walochnik J, Michel R. New insights from molecular phylogenetics of amoebophagous fungi (Zoopagomycota, Zoopagales). Parasitol Res 2017; 117:157-167. [PMID: 29170872 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-017-5685-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Amoebophagous fungi are represented in all fungal groups: Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, Zygomycota, and Chytridiomycota. The amoebophagous fungi, within the zygomycota (Zoopagales, Zoopagomycota), mainly affect naked amoebae as ectoparasites or endoparasites. It is rather difficult to isolate members of the Zoopagales, because of their parasitic lifestyle, and to bring them into culture. Consequently, gene sequences of this group are undersampled, and its species composition and phylogeny are relatively unknown. In the present study, we were able to isolate amoebophagous fungi together with their amoeba hosts from various habitats (moss, pond, bark, and soil). Altogether, four fungal strains belonging to the genera Acaulopage and Stylopage plus one unidentified isolate were detected. Sequences of the 18S rDNA and the complete ITS region and partial 28S (LSU) rDNA were generated. Subsequent phylogenetic analyses showed that all new isolates diverge at one branch together with two environmental clonal sequences within the Zoopagomycota. Here, we provide the first molecular characterization of the genus Stylopage. Stylopage is closely related to the genus Acaulopage. In addition, taxonomy and phylogeny of amoebophagous fungi and their ecological importance are reviewed based on new sequence data, which includes environmental clonal sequences.
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- Daniele Corsaro
- Chlamydia Research Association (CHLAREAS), 12 rue du Maconnais, F-54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
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- Molecular Parasitology, Institute for Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, 17493, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Chlamydia Research Association (CHLAREAS), 12 rue du Maconnais, F-54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.,TREDI Research Department, Faculty of Medicine, Technopôle de Nancy-Brabois, 9, Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, B.P. 184, 54505, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Molecular Parasitology, Institute for Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Central Institute of the Federal Armed Forces Medical Services, P.O. Box 7340, D 56070, Koblenz, Germany
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Benny GL, Smith ME, Kirk PM, Tretter ED, White MM. Challenges and Future Perspectives in the Systematics of Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina. BIOLOGY OF MICROFUNGI 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Mayorella vespertilioides Page, 1983 (Amoebozoa) — new host for the ectoparasitic fungus Amoebophilus simplex (Zygomycota). Biologia (Bratisl) 2011. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0064-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lysek G. [Zoophagous fungi]. THE SCIENCE OF NATURE - NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 1987; 74:482-90. [PMID: 3317068 DOI: 10.1007/bf00447930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Fungi which kill microscopic animals of different systematic origin by capturing, invading, and digesting them are described. The focal point is nematode destroying fungi, as being the most abundant, most often isolated and most intensively studied. Their ecology and their probable role in the control of nematodes are discussed.
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- G Lysek
- Institut für Systematische Botanik, Pflanzengeographie der FU Berlin, Berlin-Dahlem
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